Martin’s talk will provide a general introduction to the Soviet world mapping project - how the maps were created and what was their potential use. The discussion will include examples of topographic and city maps local to Cirencester. Martin’s research includes topographic mapping, Soviet mapping and the history of cartography. Martin is Digital Map Curator at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, as well as co-convenor of the UK Map Curators’ Group. Further information can be found here.